diff --git a/django/utils/http.py b/django/utils/http.py
index f3a3dce58ca..272e73f1902 100644
--- a/django/utils/http.py
+++ b/django/utils/http.py
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ def base36_to_int(s):
     if len(s) > 13:
         raise ValueError("Base36 input too large")
     value = int(s, 36)
-    # ... then do a final check that the value will fit into an int.
-    if value > sys.maxint:
+    # ... then do a final check that the value will fit into an int to avoid
+    # returning a long (#15067). The long type was removed in Python 3.
+    if not six.PY3 and value > sys.maxint:
         raise ValueError("Base36 input too large")
     return value
 
@@ -178,8 +179,13 @@ def int_to_base36(i):
     """
     digits = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
     factor = 0
-    if not 0 <= i <= sys.maxint:
-        raise ValueError("Base36 conversion input too large or incorrect type.")
+    if i < 0:
+        raise ValueError("Negative base36 conversion input.")
+    if not six.PY3:
+        if not isinstance(i, six.integer_types):
+            raise TypeError("Non-integer base36 conversion input.")
+        if i > sys.maxint:
+            raise ValueError("Base36 conversion input too large.")
     # Find starting factor
     while True:
         factor += 1
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index c2f2025bc3d..5157c399da7 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -504,11 +504,13 @@ escaping HTML.
 
 .. function:: base36_to_int(s)
 
-    Converts a base 36 string to an integer.
+    Converts a base 36 string to an integer. On Python 2 the output is
+    guaranteed to be an :class:`int` and not a :class:`long`.
 
 .. function:: int_to_base36(i)
 
-    Converts a positive integer less than sys.maxint to a base 36 string.
+    Converts a positive integer to a base 36 string. On Python 2 ``i`` must be
+    smaller than :attr:`sys.maxint`.
 
 ``django.utils.safestring``
 ===========================
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.5.txt b/docs/releases/1.5.txt
index aae8b25e074..968d63e1f36 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.5.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.5.txt
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 
 * GeoDjango dropped support for GDAL < 1.5
 
+* :func:`~django.utils.http.int_to_base36` properly raises a :exc:`TypeError`
+  instead of :exc:`ValueError` for non-integer inputs.
+
 Features deprecated in 1.5
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/http.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/http.py
index 67dcd7af89e..f22e05496da 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/http.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/utils/http.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import sys
 
-from django.utils import http
-from django.utils import unittest
-from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.http import HttpResponse, utils
 from django.test import RequestFactory
+from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
+from django.utils import http
+from django.utils import six
+from django.utils import unittest
 
 class TestUtilsHttp(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -110,22 +111,23 @@ class TestUtilsHttp(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_base36(self):
         # reciprocity works
-        for n in [0, 1, 1000, 1000000, sys.maxint]:
+        for n in [0, 1, 1000, 1000000]:
             self.assertEqual(n, http.base36_to_int(http.int_to_base36(n)))
+        if not six.PY3:
+            self.assertEqual(sys.maxint, http.base36_to_int(http.int_to_base36(sys.maxint)))
 
         # bad input
-        for n in [-1, sys.maxint+1, '1', 'foo', {1:2}, (1,2,3)]:
-            self.assertRaises(ValueError, http.int_to_base36, n)
-        
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, http.int_to_base36, -1)
+        if not six.PY3:
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, http.int_to_base36, sys.maxint + 1)
+        for n in ['1', 'foo', {1: 2}, (1, 2, 3), 3.141]:
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, http.int_to_base36, n)
+
         for n in ['#', ' ']:
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, http.base36_to_int, n)
-
-        for n in [123, {1:2}, (1,2,3)]:
+        for n in [123, {1: 2}, (1, 2, 3), 3.141]:
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, http.base36_to_int, n)
 
-        # non-integer input
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, http.int_to_base36, 3.141)
-        
         # more explicit output testing
         for n, b36 in [(0, '0'), (1, '1'), (42, '16'), (818469960, 'django')]:
             self.assertEqual(http.int_to_base36(n), b36)